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they were Lord Stamford's, and that his 

 lordship offered the accommodation, as he 

 had hounds himself at the same timxe. 

 Where the hounds went to when they 

 hunted Bosworth, Enderby, Whetstone, 

 and KIrkby, in the Atherstone country, I 

 have not been able to determine. They 

 occasionally sojourned at Bradley for the 

 purpose of meeting at Ravensdale, Keddle- 

 ston Park, and Shirley, now within the 

 precincts of the Hoar Cross country. The 

 temporary occupation of these numerous 

 kennels most probably gave rise to the 

 frequently-expressed supposition, that the 

 hounds were taken the night before hunting 

 to the Immediate vicinity of the coverts 

 they were going to draw, even If the dis- 

 tance did not exceed a few miles, for which 

 there Is no authority to be found In the 

 diary. That they could not have reached 

 all their places of meeting from Quorn Is 

 quite certain, hence the necessity of the out 

 kennels. Their most frequent places of 

 meeting were Bunny, WIdmerpool, Remp- 

 stone, and WImeswold; also Stanford Park, 



